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enOne Morning in Delhi...http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/a-passing-face/one-morning-in-delhi
<p>This is a dilemma as old as the reflected glories in a photograph: Does the photographer follow the instinct of the camera or does the camera follow the instinct of the photographer? The provenance of the images—on these pages or elsewhere—that you are looking at can be traced to this struggle behind the lens. On the morning of May 1st, I was the photographer in search of the amateur accessorised by a camera, the kind of traveller who chooses to record his experience not in memory but on a memory card. My random encounters, with heritage Delhi as a backdrop, are glimpses of life stories told by the instinctive lens. Or by the traveller? The visual tension of the dilemma remains.</p>
<img src="http://www.openthemagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/public%3A/Passingface1.jpg?itok=FKBSOA2U" /><div>BY: Rohit Chawla</div><div>Node Id: 24274</div>Thu, 03 May 2018 15:35:38 +0000vijayopen24274 at http://www.openthemagazine.comA Discreet Herohttp://www.openthemagazine.com/article/a-passing-face/a-discreet-hero
<p>Pankaj Kapur’s most sublime quality is his ability to disappear: an unlikely trait for a hero, an essential for a preternaturally gifted actor. In a conversation at a select gathering, he spoke of diving inside the heart of a script to extract its subtext, rather than seeking inspiration from outside it. And then there were the inside stories: about his role as Tarneja in <em>Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron</em>, as Abbaji the don in <em>Maqbool</em>, and as the carrot-crunching detective in <em>Karamchand</em></p>
<img src="http://www.openthemagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/public%3A/Apassingface_2.jpg?itok=crohXoFW" /><div>BY: Rohit Chawla</div><div>Node Id: 24215</div>Thu, 19 Apr 2018 11:50:06 +0000vijayopen24215 at http://www.openthemagazine.comOn an Operatic Questhttp://www.openthemagazine.com/article/a-passing-face/on-an-operatic-quest
<p>The Paris Opera’s exploration of India began with the visit of Madame Myriam Mazouzi, director of the Academy of the Paris Opera, and Christine Neumeister, director of costumes, who were in Delhi to work on developing projects in alliance with The Neemrana Music Foundation. They are also in talks with the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Ambedkar University and National School of Drama to bring the best of worldwide opera to the country.</p>
<img src="http://www.openthemagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/public%3A/APassingface_0.jpg?itok=GZFPSyMm" /><div>BY: Rohit Chawla</div><div>Node Id: 24191</div>Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:56:03 +0000vijayopen24191 at http://www.openthemagazine.comThe Italian Jobhttp://www.openthemagazine.com/article/a-passing-face/the-italian-job
<p>Director and screenwriter Sebastiano Riso, 34, was born in Catania , an ancient port city on Sicily’s east coast. His most recent film, Una Famiglia (‘A Family’, 2017), exposes the underbelly of commerce and abuse around surrogacy and adoption in contemporary Italy. The film is based on police files and tapped phone conversations that give it a realistic texture, rendering it both disturbing and pertinent, given the debate on surrogacy norms in India. The filmmaker was in Delhi recently at the Habitat International Film Festival.</p>
<img src="http://www.openthemagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/public%3A/APassingface.jpg?itok=jImoHtn9" /><div>BY: Rohit Chawla</div><div>Node Id: 24162</div>Thu, 05 Apr 2018 12:14:03 +0000vijayopen24162 at http://www.openthemagazine.comGallic Flavourhttp://www.openthemagazine.com/article/a-passing-face/gallic-flavour
<p>Celebrated Michelin-star chef Eric Boutte was in Delhi on a visit from Abbeville, France, for the Indian edition of Gout de/Good France, an international culinary event. At a special dinner at the French embassy, he tickled the taste buds of guests with cuisine from the Hauts-de-France region, famous for its artisanal produce</p>
<img src="http://www.openthemagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/public%3A/Apassingface_1.jpg?itok=26f35pBV" /><div>BY: Rohit Chawla</div><div>Node Id: 24135</div>Thu, 29 Mar 2018 14:10:50 +0000vijayopen24135 at http://www.openthemagazine.comThe Multitaskershttp://www.openthemagazine.com/article/a-passing-face/the-multitaskers
<p>Gurgaon-based artists Jiten Thukral, 42, and Sumir Tagra, 45, work with a wide range of media, from painting to sculpture, performance to design. From pop characters to abstract kitsch, the suggestions of everyday architecture and urban design are recurring motifs in their visual landscape. They are currently working for a solo show abroad</p>
<img src="http://www.openthemagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/public%3A/Apassingface_0.jpg?itok=_peQrsX5" /><div>BY: Rohit Chawla</div><div>Node Id: 24107</div>Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:08:40 +0000vijayopen24107 at http://www.openthemagazine.comAt Homehttp://www.openthemagazine.com/article/a-passing-face/at-home
<p>Saraswati Burman walked to India from Bangladesh with two infants strapped on her back during the Bangladesh War. That night, three of her other children got left behind. Today the seventy-five-year-old lives in Gurgaon with a Bengali family. Even after all these years in India, she speaks only one language.</p>
<img src="http://www.openthemagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/public%3A/Apassingface.jpg?itok=7_Ae0O8C" /><div>BY: Rohit Chawla</div><div>Node Id: 24076</div>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:12:49 +0000vijayopen24076 at http://www.openthemagazine.comA Passage to Indiahttp://www.openthemagazine.com/article/a-passing-face/a-passage-to-india
<p>Amelie Kondxot, 48, born in Brazzaville in Congo, moved to Lyon in France along with her twin and 10 siblings when she was just six. An arts major, she started out restoring old paintings and artefacts. But now her passion is collecting vintage clothing, her favourite being kimonos from the 1920s. She loves the ease and grace that a kimono symbolises in a rapidly changing world. Amelie has been coming to India regularly for the past 15 years and works with a team of Indian artisans and tailors as a designer with a unique visual style</p>
<img src="http://www.openthemagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/public%3A/ApassagetoIndia.jpg?itok=p34WOvUr" /><div>BY: Rohit Chawla</div><div>Node Id: 24047</div>Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:36:23 +0000vijayopen24047 at http://www.openthemagazine.comThe Elegance of Strugglehttp://www.openthemagazine.com/article/a-passing-face/the-elegance-of-struggle
<p>Thirty-year-old Krishna Devi from Manupra village in Rajasthan has been weaving carpets for more than half her life. Married at 14, a mother of four and the only stable breadwinner of her family, she earns around Rs 200 a day. Her husband is a daily labourer who usually tends to his goats as a means of subsistence. In the glitter of India Design, Devi is simply a choreographed plot, complete with the ubiquitous <em>charkha</em> and other tools of her trade. Unfortunately, here she is a token of traditional exotica, which belies the harsh reality that the marginalised craft community continues to struggle against.</p>
<img src="http://www.openthemagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/public%3A/Passingface_1.jpg?itok=IolykjOW" /><div>BY: Rohit Chawla</div><div>Node Id: 24020</div>Wed, 28 Feb 2018 12:59:53 +0000vijayopen24020 at http://www.openthemagazine.comThe Paradoxical Artisthttp://www.openthemagazine.com/article/a-passing-face/the-paradoxical-artist
<p>Steve McCurry’s most famous photograph even today is the Afghan Girl, published in 1985. When I first noticed Azadeh Etebarian at a dance festival in Goa, I was immediately reminded of Sharbat Gula. She had the same searing eyes and angular jaw line. The black shawl around her only added to her enigma. An ‘Iranian paradoxical artist’, Azadeh juxtaposes universally recognised Western characters with Eastern elements. She is currently working on a new art collection on the theme of utopia. Her work moves away from the Western version of the Orient and highlights the role of women in contemporary Iranian society.</p>
<img src="http://www.openthemagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/public%3A/Passingface_0.jpg?itok=6dX93_q9" /><div>BY: Rohit Chawla</div><div>Node Id: 23998</div>Thu, 22 Feb 2018 12:51:51 +0000vijayopen23998 at http://www.openthemagazine.com